A two-day international conference on Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo, exploring their unique creative relationship, their lives, times and, most importantly, their art — art that helped shape the development of the Western tradition

To coincide with The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Michelangelo & Sebastiano, this academic conference gathers international experts who will share their research on a range of subjects, including the individual practices of the two artists in drawing, painting, and sculpture. Areas examined will include the artists’ creative processes and studio practice, with results drawn in part from technical analysis; the intellectual and theological context of their work; their patrons and commissions; and their artistic and historiographical legacies, as well as the creative work that went into the exhibition itself.

Keynote lectures will be given by Professors William E. Wallace (Washington University, St Louis) and Paul Joannides (Emeritus, University of Cambridge).

Please note that the three papers in the afternoon session on Friday 23 will be presented in Italian. Extended English abstracts will be provided for these papers.